Lead Quality Engineer | 10+ Years Experience | Java, Selenium, JavaScript, Playwright, API Test

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Strategic QA & Quality Engineering Leader with 10+ years of global experience leading enterprise-scale quality transformation, AI-driven automation strategy, DevOps integration, UAT, and governance frameworks across FinTech, SaaS, IoT, Retail, ERP, CRM, ITSM, Cloud, Banking, and Automotive domains. Proven ability to build and scale QA organizations (10+ engineers), modernize legacy testing ecosystems, embed AI-first quality engineering practices, Agile delivery framework (SaaS), QA governance, ISO/GDPR compliance requirements and drive measurable business outcomes across global delivery environments including UAE. Recognized for:

• Quality delivery through effective test planning and optimized test execution cycles.

• Increasing automation coverage to 80%+

• Reducing defect backlog by 50%

• Reduce escape defects by 10%

• Cutting regression cycles by 30%

• Driving Shift-Left & DevSecOps adoption

• Improving release stability and audit readiness

• Leading mobile, API, web & enterprise platform testing

• AI Adoption for Quality Engineering. Now strengthening AI capability with:

• M.Tech (AI & Data Science) – IIT Patna (Online, completing 2027)

CORE LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES

Quality Engineering & Strategy: QA Director & Enterprise Quality Governance | Test Planning, Test Development | SDLC, STLC, Bug Tracking in JIRA | AI-Led Test Automation (LLMs, RAG, Cursor, MCP, Copilot) | Shift-Left & DevSecOps Adoption | Release Risk & Production Readiness | Agile Scrum/Kanban | Database Testing | Scrum Master Automation & Architecture: UI, API & Mobile Automation | Playwright, Typescript | BDD Cucumber, REST Assured, Playwright, Karate, Selenium, Cypress, Java | CI/CD Quality Integration (Azure DevOps, Jenkins) | Performance & Chaos Engineering Leadership & Governance: SDLC | STLC | Defect Tracking | Multi-Geo Stakeholder Management | KPI / OKR Frameworks | Vendor & Budget Management | Security & Compliance Testing (ISO, GDPR) | Enterprise HRIS / HRMS Quality Assurance

KEY BUSINESS IMPACT

• Increased automation coverage from 60% to 80%+ reducing manual effort by 35%
• Reduced production defect backlog by 50% within 2 quarters
• Cut regression cycle by 3 days per sprint (30% faster releases)
• Improved defect leakage control by 10–15% via Shift-Left implementation
• Improved automation stability by 25%
• Delivered executive dashboards increasing release transparency by 40%
• Scaled QA team from 10 to 30 engineers while improving productivity by 25%
• Enhanced by 20% release stability and audit readiness through ISO/GDPR-aligned quality frameworks
• Integrated chaos & performance testing improving release resilience